Lifeguards Ask Folks to Butt Out

Published June 4, 2013•Updated on June 4, 2013 at 9:47 am

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Lighting up is now against the rules on the beach but is it costing offenders?

Dewey Beach is starting to enforce a new beach smoking ban, but town lifeguards are taking a soft approach.

The Dewey Beach Patrol says everyone being warned that smoking is prohibited is putting out their cigarettes without an issue. The lifeguards are letting violators off the hook with a warning, instructing them to smoke on the street rather than on the beach.